Large-scale and low-cost synthesis of single-walled carbon nanotubes by the catalytic pyrolysis of hydrocarbons

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 72, Issue 25, 1998, Pages 3282-3284

  Cheng, H M ^a,b   Li, F ^a   Su, G ^a   Pan, H Y ^c   He, L L ^c   Sun, X ^b   Dresselhaus, M S ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF METAL RESEARCH   (China)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

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EID: 21944442330     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.121624     Document Type: Article

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